(November 4, 2013 at 2:43 pm)WesOlsen Wrote: 3. If the bible is 100% the word of god, it has been completely unsuccessful in providing a consistent framework for moral guidance, as not even christians can agree on half of the contents.This reminded me of an observation by a working class philosopher which I heard repeated many times over 50 years ago.
When I was an undergrad, I had a summer job one year at a potato chip factory unloading the raw potatoes from railway cars. One permanent employee was in charge of our crew, a man of about 60. Every so often he would mutter, "All of them religions, and all of 'em out of the same book."

If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people — House